Choosing the right product for your application :
In the Pharma industry, colors are used not just to enhance appeal but also as a means of identity and familiarity. Hence they
are extremely important with an emphasis on consistency. To help you eliminate all trial and error, Roha has prepared a series
of questions, the analysis of which will reveal which specific color should be used for which application.

Tartrazine is a lemon yellow dye primarily used as a food color. It gives an appearance of yellow to orange shade in the applications.It is soluble in water.

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SOL

Plating Grade

Permitted as Food,Drug and Cosmetic color as per USFDA regulation CFR Title 21 part 74

Permitted as Food,Drug and Cosmetic coloras per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives
and List of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Permitted Food color as per BIS 1694:1994 (Reaffirmed 2003)

Sunset Yellow

E-Number : E110

C. I. No. : 15985

Alternative Names : FD&C Yellow No. 6, C.I. Food Yellow 3

Sunset Yellow FCF is a yellow dye. It gives an appearance of orange to reddish orange shade in the applications. For Beverage industry Roha has a calcium stable version of Sunset Yellow.

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Plating Grade

Permitted as Food,Drug and Cosmetic color as per USFDA regulation CFR Title 21 part 74

Permitted as Food,Drug and Cosmetic color as per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
* Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on foodadditives
andList of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Permitted as per Codex*
*Updated up to the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2013)

Quinoline YellowWS is a yellow food dye.It gives an appearance of greenish yellow shade in the applications.

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Permitted as Food,Drug and Cosmetic color per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives
andList ofColorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation(EC) No 1223/2009

Allura Red

E-Number : E129

C. I. No. : 16035

Alternative Names : C.I. Food Red 17, FD&C Red No. 40

Allura Red AC is a red dye. It gives an appearance of red to brownish red shade in the applications. It is commonly used as food additive and it is soluble in water.

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Plating Grade

Permitted as Food,Drug and Cosmetic color as per USFDA regulation CFR Title 21 part 74

Permitted as Food, Drug and Cosmetic coloras per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives and List of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Permitted as per Codex*
*Updated up to the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2013)

Erythrosine primarily used as a food color. It gives an appearance of pink to reddish pink shade in the applications.

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Plating Grade

Permitted as Food and Drug color as per USFDA regulation CFR Title 21 part 74

Permitted as Food, Drug and Cosmetic coloras per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives and List of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Permitted as per Codex*
*Updated up to the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2013)

Permitted Food color as per BIS 1697:1994 (Reaffirmed 1999)

Carmoisine

E-Number : E122

C. I. No. : 14720

Alternative Names : Azorubine, C.I. Food Red 3, C.I. Acid Red 14

Carmoisine is a red food dye. It gives an appearance of red to maroon shade in the applications.

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Permitted as Food, Drug and Cosmetic coloras per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives and List of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Ponceau 4R also known as Cochineal Red. Ponceau 4R is a red dye which can be used in a variety of food products. It gives an appearance of dark red shade in the applications.

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Plating Grade

Permitted as Food, Drug and Cosmetic coloras per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives and List of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Permitted as per Codex*
*Updated up to the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2013)

Permitted Food color as per BIS 2558:1994 (Reaffirmed 2009)

Fast Green FCF

E-Number : 143

C. I. No. : 42053

Alternative Names : C.I. Food Green 3, FD&C Green No. 3

Fast Green FCF is a sea green triarylmethane food dye. It is a brilliant shade and less likely to fade. It gives an appearance of dark green shade in the applications.

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Permitted as Food, Drug and Cosmetic color as per USFDA regulation CFR Title 21 part 74

Permitted as Cosmetic coloras per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from List of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Permitted as per Codex*
*Updated up to the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2013)

Brilliant Blue gives an appearance of blue shade in the applications. It is soluble in water.

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Plating Grade

Permitted as Food, Drug and Cosmetic color as per USFDA regulation CFR Title 21 part 74

Permitted as Food,Drug and Cosmetic coloras per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives and List of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Permitted as per Codex*
*Updated up to the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2013)

Indigo carmine also known as indigotine or FD&C Blue 2. It gives an appearance of violet to blue shade in the applications.

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Granular

Permitted as Food, Drug and Medical devices color as per USFDA regulation CFR Title 21 part 74

Permitted as Food,Drug and Cosmetic coloras per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives and List of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Permitted as per Codex*
*Updated up to the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2013)

Canthaxanthin is a Catrotenoid naturally found in some fishes (salmon and trout), fungi, crustacean and flamingo feathers.
Commercially it is produced by chemical synthesis and hence it is generally termed as nature – identical.

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Water Dispersible Powder

Water Soluble Liquid

Oil Dispersible Liquid

Permitted as Food and Drug color as per USFDA regulation CFR Title 21 part 73

Permitted as Food, Drug and Cosmetic color as per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives and List of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Permitted as per Codex*
*Updated up to the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2013)

As the name suggests, CarboVegetabilis (or Carbon Black) is made from fine particles of carbonized vegetable material.

Carbon Black powder is very fine and produces a lot of dust causing cleaning problems. Roha recommends the use of the paste
format to avoid undue mess within the customer’s production facility.

Color shades range from grey to black, depending on the dosage rate used.

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Water Dispersible Paste

Permitted as Food, Drug and Cosmetic color as per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives and List of
Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Iron Oxides are synthetically produced version of nature’s pigments, ranging from black, yellow, red and brown in color.

They impart pastel shades as opposed to some of the brighter and clean shades imparted by other colors.

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Water Dispersible Suspension

Oil Dispersible Suspension

Permitted as Food, Drug, Cosmetic and Medical Devices color, as per USFDA regulation CFR Title 21 part 73

Permitted as Food, Drug and Cosmetic color as per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives and List of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Permitted as per Codex*
*Updated up to the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2013)

Titanium Dioxide

E-Number : E171

C. I. No. : 77891

Alternative Names : C.I. Pigment White 6

Titanium Dioxide is manufactured from the ores Ilmenite or Rutile.

It is the white colorant of choice in food, drug and cosmetic uses.

Roha has a special formulation of Titanium Dioxide Dispersion, which does not sediment during its storage.

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Water Dispersible Paste

Permitted as Food,Drug,Cosmetic and Medical Devices color as per USFDA regulation CFR Title 21 part 73

Permitted as Food, Drug and Cosmetic color as per European Commission Regulation (EC)*
*Derived from Part B, List of All Additives, from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives and List of Colorants Allowed In Cosmetic Products from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Permitted as per Codex*
*Updated up to the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2013)